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Higher education employees’ self-assessment of person–organization fit: the role of work conditions and job satisfaction

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  • Jaehee Park

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In the public sector, the relationships between person–organization (P–O) fit and important individual outcomes, such as work performance and turnover intention, are well established in the literature. However, substantially less research has focused on the structural factors and mechanisms through which job incumbents may experience subjective P–O fit. In particular, in higher education, the types of hierarchy observed in traditional organizations are less visible in the ways in which faculty collaborate with others. Thus, greater effort to understand the role(s) played by contextual factors (e.g. physical settings) in job incumbents’ perception of organizational fit in higher education is clearly warranted. Therefore, we propose and test a multiple mediation model to examine the role(s) of perceived job-related (autonomy and role clarity), supervisor-related (leader support), and organization-related (communication, procedural justice, and distributive justice) work conditions on affective attitude (job satisfaction), which in turn influences job incumbents’ evaluation of P–O fit. The findings indicate that work conditions significantly and consistently contributed indirectly, rather than directly, to higher education employees developing positive perceptions of P–O fit, as a result of developing an affective attitude. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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  • Jaehee Park, 2018. "Higher education employees’ self-assessment of person–organization fit: the role of work conditions and job satisfaction," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 55-77, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:23:y:2018:i:1:p:55-77
    DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2018.1447883
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    1. Abdul Samad Kakar & Roselina Ahmad Saufi & Babin Dhas Devadhasan & Natanya Meyer & Seetharampalayam Chettiannan Vetrivel & Róbert Magda, 2021. "The Mediating Role of Person-Job Fit between Work-Life Balance (WLB) Practices and Academic Turnover Intentions in India’s Higher Educational Institutions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-13, September.
    2. Shi Hu & Muhammad Aamir Nadeem & Ramayah Thurasamy & Ji Luo & Xiaobo Yi, 2024. "Impacts of Procedural Justice and Ethical Leadership on Organizational Innovation," International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM), IGI Global, vol. 15(1), pages 1-26, January.
    3. Hongbo Yang & Ping Hu, 2023. "Role of job mobility frequency in job satisfaction changes: the mediation mechanism of job-related social capital and person‒job match," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Majid Ghasemy & Leila Mohajer & Lena Frömbling & Mehrdad Karimi, 2021. "Faculty Members in Polytechnics to Serve the Community and Industry: Conceptual Skills and Creating Value for the Community—The Two Main Drivers," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, September.

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